I have the mk2 Canon TSE 24 and 17 and they are fantastic performers, apparently noticeably better than the Nikon equivalents. So is there an adapter that would allow me to use these great lenses on the D800/E? I've searched quite a few dealers but haven't located one yet. Thanks in advance.

Unless anyone else knows better, no. Nikon has one of the longest register distances and narrowest mounts in 35mm, and Canon one of the shortest and widest, so a Canon lens won't come close to being adaptable. It's why you see so very, very many more other-mount -> Canon adaptors.

The register distance for Nikon lenses (F1 bayonet) is 46.5 mm, while the RD for all Canon EOS lenses is 44.0 mm. The RD tables I have indicate that Nikon F1 bayonet lenses have the largest RD of the common SLR systems (Nikon, Pentax, Konica-Minolta, Canon, Olympus 4/3).

To get infinity focus would require an adapter with optics. Apart from image degradation, there could be problems with the shift function.

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Thanks for the replies, guys. Not what I wanted to hear, but what I expected to hear.

So now I, and I suspect a f ew others, have to decide: do I change systems (yet again!), run two systems ( not easy shooting with different systems at the same time, with my limited brain), wait for Canon to bring out their response? Etc, etc.

There are many companies in the motion picture business that rehouse lenses and mounts all the time. Maybe this new Nikon will create enough demand for them to modify the Canon shift lenses to Nikon mount. Although I'm sure it won't be a cheap option. It would be nice if Zeiss came out with some tilt-shift lenses with changeable mounts like their CP2 lenses have. Then we use whatever brand body we want and use the same lenses, like we do in the movie business.

If it's possible to shorten the mount by 2.5mm and convert it to a Nikon mount and use a chip to enable automatic aperture, then someone please do it. I know those D800 shooters would pay quite a bit of money for a Canon 24 and 17 that they could use.

If it's possible to shorten the mount by 2.5mm and convert it to a Nikon mount and use a chip to enable automatic aperture, then someone please do it. I know those D800 shooters would pay quite a bit of money for a Canon 24 and 17 that they could use.

I find camera and lens to be of equal importance in the overall chain. In the days of film, I don't think that was the case. Then, the type of film and how you processed it was more important than camera body, usually, but these days it is a fact that sensors, the new film, play a major part.

Also, lenses do get upgraded. The Canon 17 and 24 TSE mk2 lenses are a significant improvement over the originals so it's not always wise to hang on to lenses.

But, I don't think it makes sense to swap camera systems unless one or two items are of critical importance.

The main problem is the lack of an aperture ring on the Canon. Maybe a chip would allow Nikon to control electronically the Canon iris but I doubt it. then comes the machining of the adapter ring that would have to be held to very tight tolerance in order to achieve even field focus. That is if the canon lens could indeed be cut back the required distance.We can dreamRichard